How to Generate a CSR without IIS or OpenSSL in Windows
Sometimes you need a public certificate for an application such as a Web Application Proxy, ADFS, or some other application. Most of the time certificates are created for web servers so the most popularly known way to generate a CSR is through IIS or OpenSSL. However, you may not have an IIS server available and don't want to go through the headache of installing IIS or OpenSSL just to generate a CSR to get your certificate. Thankfully, you don't need either to generate a CSR. You actually can do this a number of ways. Option 1 - 3rd Party Utility You have a couple simple to use options that you can use to generate a CSR quickly and easily. The first is you can use a free utility offered by DigiCert . This utility can do a lot more than just generate a CSR and you can use it with any Certificate Service. The benefit of this tool is it's all GUI based so very easy to use for Jr Sysadmins. Option 2 - MMC Open the Certificates snap-in in MMC and select the Computer Accou...